| 词汇 | paperchase |
| 释义 | paperchase noun[ C ] UKuk /ˈpeɪpəˌtʃeɪs/us the act of doing a difficult or long search through many books, documents, etc.: The long paperchase through the statistical sources leads to two sets of conclusions. a process that creates too many paper documents, forms, etc.: Banks and their customers are being driven mad by the paperchase of doing business. Examples of paperchasepaperchase The eternal paperchase, form-filling and waiting in corridors is one of the major problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have already diverted colossal resources into more managers, more clerks and more computers to run the marathon paperchase that it demands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely it would be a simple operation to short-circuit the paperchase and to provide the funds direct. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do, however, intend to cut down the current paperchase and release resources currently wasted on bureaucracy for patient care. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It can only help bureaucrats and produce paperchases; it will do nothing to help local government, hospitals or the patients themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there no way in which this paperchase can be stopped? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The arrangements will streamline the system, tackle the paperchase and cut the flow of invoices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are already taking action on bureaucracy, fair waiting and ending the endless paperchase. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The nursery voucher scheme was wasteful and a bureaucratic paperchase. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us consider the bureaucratic paperchase involved in the attempt to audit the situation—to establish where the money comes from, and to whom it goes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why switch money from nursery places to paperchases, as the nursery voucher system does? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need fewer paperchases and more imaginative use of information technology. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The paperchase process was then imposed on people seeking to go through the welfare scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are arguments in favour of using the court system because it brings people together instead of placing them at either end of a paperchase. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We would rapidly be faced by a monstrous paperchase. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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